NEW ORLEANS– SAN FRANCISCO
1. It’s difficult to win games in the NFL when you lose the turnover battle. I don’t care who you are or who you’re playing. Turnovers made: NO-5, SF-1. Guess who wins? Is it really this easy? Apparently so.
2. New Orleans, your penchant is two score quickly. Sometimes that’s bad. Giving the ball back to the 49ers with over one minute left, even though their QB is named Alex Smith, with the 24th worst defense in the league, is generally not a good plan for winning. Then playing poor defense in that last minute guarantees you don’t win. Ho-hum.
3. Why was that man crying at the end of the game? Not a good sign when you still have more to play. Just lettin’ ya know.
4. This game convinced me to NOT root for anyone still playing.
NEW ENGLAND– DENVER
1. Ditto the above on turnovers.
2. Also, the type of offense Denver runs can either beat the No. 1 defense in the NFL (Pittsburgh) or it can beat no one (NE’s No. 31 defense) especially when you have so little confidence in that offense that you win the toss and kick the ball to one of the most dangerous QB’s in league history. So, Denver, you’re down a TD in 5 plays (or fewer). Now, even if you trade TDs with NE you still lose. Get the idea?
3. Further, somebody appeared to have pissed of Tom Brady. Maybe it was Justin Beiber. However, a team that has to use a tight end as a running back is doing something with mirrors and scotch tape. That’s gotta hurt you when you run into a TOUGH defense (for instance Baltimore’s, or New York’s).
4. Teams with the second worst defense in the league USUALLY don’t make it to the playoffs. We’ll see. Whoever can get pressure on Brady, you don’t have to hit him or sack him (but that’s a definite plus) you can beat him.
1. Ditto the above on turnovers.
2. Also, the type of offense Denver runs can either beat the No. 1 defense in the NFL (Pittsburgh) or it can beat no one (NE’s No. 31 defense) especially when you have so little confidence in that offense that you win the toss and kick the ball to one of the most dangerous QB’s in league history. So, Denver, you’re down a TD in 5 plays (or fewer). Now, even if you trade TDs with NE you still lose. Get the idea?
3. Further, somebody appeared to have pissed of Tom Brady. Maybe it was Justin Beiber. However, a team that has to use a tight end as a running back is doing something with mirrors and scotch tape. That’s gotta hurt you when you run into a TOUGH defense (for instance Baltimore’s, or New York’s).
4. Teams with the second worst defense in the league USUALLY don’t make it to the playoffs. We’ll see. Whoever can get pressure on Brady, you don’t have to hit him or sack him (but that’s a definite plus) you can beat him.
HOUSTON– BALTIMORE
1. Same comment on turnovers. Without them I think Houston wins. Just sayin’ that Baltimore didn’t look like world beaters, especially on offense which is USUALLY they way the look on offense.
2. Definitely the best defensive game of the weekend as we all expected.
3. John Harbaugh looked much cooler under pressure than Jim. I thought that guy was gonna come out of his shirt a couple of times. Somebody should tell him he (hopefully) has two more games to play.
1. This is the upset I picked, IF the Giants could play anything like they had the previous few weeks, which just happens to be the way they won the SB four years ago.
2. Having the WORST defense in the entire NFL is particularly unfavorable when combined with offense drops, fumbles, interceptions and generally lousy play from a 15-1 regular season team and almost everyone outside of New Orleans was picking to return to the SB. (Someone ask the Steelers how hard it is to get back to the SB, particularly after you’ve won the previous season.) The Packers had only themselves to blame. The other team doesn’t MAKE you drop passes. YOU drop passes ‘cause you don’t really want to catch them. No sympathy here and it appeared to affect almost everyone in the green and yellow.
3. Aaron Rodgers wasn’t even that good. It wasn’t that he wasn’t Aaron Rodgers, he just wasn’t that good, at all and was totally unable to rally his team. Too bad that happened 17 games too late or my prediction of SB XLV would have been accurate.
4. Just to repeat, teams with the worst defense in the league don’t make it to the SB, still.
1. Same comment on turnovers. Without them I think Houston wins. Just sayin’ that Baltimore didn’t look like world beaters, especially on offense which is USUALLY they way the look on offense.
2. Definitely the best defensive game of the weekend as we all expected.
3. John Harbaugh looked much cooler under pressure than Jim. I thought that guy was gonna come out of his shirt a couple of times. Somebody should tell him he (hopefully) has two more games to play.
GIANTS– GREEN BAY
1. This is the upset I picked, IF the Giants could play anything like they had the previous few weeks, which just happens to be the way they won the SB four years ago.
2. Having the WORST defense in the entire NFL is particularly unfavorable when combined with offense drops, fumbles, interceptions and generally lousy play from a 15-1 regular season team and almost everyone outside of New Orleans was picking to return to the SB. (Someone ask the Steelers how hard it is to get back to the SB, particularly after you’ve won the previous season.) The Packers had only themselves to blame. The other team doesn’t MAKE you drop passes. YOU drop passes ‘cause you don’t really want to catch them. No sympathy here and it appeared to affect almost everyone in the green and yellow.
3. Aaron Rodgers wasn’t even that good. It wasn’t that he wasn’t Aaron Rodgers, he just wasn’t that good, at all and was totally unable to rally his team. Too bad that happened 17 games too late or my prediction of SB XLV would have been accurate.
4. Just to repeat, teams with the worst defense in the league don’t make it to the SB, still.
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